For David's 20th birthday, I got Martha (owner of Trefzger's) to make him this cake. Each of the "sushi" pieces were not only edible, but delicious. The little dish of "soy" sauce was actually a mocha dipping sauce.:
For his 21st birthday, I wanted to try my hand at something creative. And, for the first time, I worked on a decorative cake. I labored over this cake for about 8 hours. The picture below is actually NOT the one I made. I searched everywhere and couldn't find the picture I took of my cake, BUT this is what I went off of and everyone told me my cake compared to this one looked exactly the same. All nerds out there should recognize it-- It's Link's Hylian shield from The Legend of Zelda:
For David's 22nd birthday, I went a whole lot more conservative. He's growing up, right? Plus, I got a new piping tip set and I wanted to try it out. He didn't want flowers or balloons, so I piped this blue shell boarder:
And, for my mother's birthday this past week, I made her a mandarin orange pineapple cake with pink roses and rose buds. I really wished I would have practiced making roses BEFORE the day we were celebrating her birthday. But, for only being my first time (and not having the patience or hand strength the make the roses over and over and over again until they looked perfect)--I think it looks pretty good:
